Wow, I have to say, I am pretty damn blown away by how incredible Half-Life 2
is.... The only thing more impressive than turning out such an effort is doing
so after managing to do so much to raise expectations in advance. Just.... wow.

The one disadvantage for buying retail is you have to pay tax on it. Another is if you buy the regualr version, you don't get the extras that the Silver package offers on Steam.

I would say I am about 1/6th of the way through that game, and I am already wanting to go back and play the levels I have already played through. There is just so much action going on, and usually a couple of ways to kill the enemy, that you just *have* to play through again and try the other options.

And I have yet to get the gravity gun Looking forward to picking up that sucker